There has been a fantastic growth in community renewable energy projects recently, fuelled by government support like the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) and the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS).

However, a large proportion of government funding has now been withdrawn; the Feed-in-Tariff has been cut and restrictions have been imposed on the use of the enterprise investment scheme (EIS) for financing renewables.

As a result, the community energy sector will need to develop radically new models by 2018 if it is to continue to develop.

Over 40 events are taking place around the country, exploring four issues: